Young Justice: College AU | Complete

Chapter 66

" - so light up the sky with your teenage recklessness and watch the consequences sink in along the horizon." she took a breath after finishing her poem.

Artemis was never great at poetry, she highly disliked that part of writing. However she was required to present a poem of her own to the large class. She took inspiration from her and her friends days in high school. They were all quite reckless no matter how many people tried to defend that they weren't, Wally and Dick got shot at one point for crying out loud! Everyone clapped, every single person was bored by now. She couldn't blame them, she acted the same when someone else was up before her.

Her English professer graciously took the poem with a smile. "Good job Ms. Crock." she said as Artemis nodded and headed back to her seat. The time ticked by slowly, almost too slowly for her liking. The hour past and soon she was out the door and heading to the cafeteria. The university indeed had a cafeteria and the food was to die for. It was way better than the food that she used to get in high school. Then again it could be because this was one of the most prestigious universities in America.

The familiar messy red hair caught her gaze as she stepped inside. It was still early, only a few people were milling around. Wally was leaning against the wall with his hands in his pockets, the typical bad boy stance. "Do I look bad enough yet?" he asked whilst pushing himself off of the wall. She simply rolled her eyes before giving him a fleeting kiss on the lips. "How was physics?" she asked, they were in line now.

"Boring as hell, I sat there missing my sweet, sweet archer." he said with a sarcastic smile.

They all knew that she wasn't exactly the sweetest, only to him. Other than that she was a little rough around the edges at times. The two of them found a little table by a nearby window to sit at. Finally, April was living up to it's name. For the past six days it had been pouring rain non stop. It was quite a pain to walk Brucely in. "Hey scooch over" a familiar voice said. Artemis looked up and her eyes went wide before she jumped up out of her seat. "What the hell are you all doing here?" she asked before throwing her arms around Zatanna.

To her surprise the whole crew was here; Zatanna, Dick, Megan, Conner, Kaldur, and Roquette. They hadn't all been together since that party. The one where she got royally drunk at. "How are you all?" she asked as the six of them joined their table. For a moment it felt like she was back in high school, all of them crowded at their table in the cafeteria. "Well I'm pregnant." Roquette said, everyone went deathly silent.

They all looked surprised with the exception of Megan and Kaldur. "Shut up." Artemis said, her shock quickly morphed into an ecstatic look. All of them were still young but this was a baby. One of the most beautiful creations in the world. "I propose a toast, with soda." Dick said holding up his soda can. The six laughed before tapping their soda cans together in glee. Chatter soon ensued, everyone talking across to each other and laughing.

She sat back, silent as ever, and watched all of them. "Are you okay beautiful?" Wally whispered, his lips against the back of her ear. Artemis was actually perfectly fine, happy even. She just wanted to take all of this in. This might be only of the last times they all spent time together. The first year of university was already pulling them all apart. After this year they were only going to grow further away from each other. "I'm just trying to remember us y'know?" she said softly so only he could hear.

Wally understood perfectly. Everyone had a lot going on and it took him weeks to plan this. Artemis just seemed to stressed lately and he wanted to make her happy. Seeing the ecstatic look on her face when she saw them made all of that planning worth while. He would do anything to make sure she was happy, it was one of his favourite things to do. "When are you two going to get married?" Dick asked, a shit eating grin plastered to his face. Artemis swore for a second she could see the young, wild, and goofy Dick Grayson.